Stellantis is in the process of electrifying all of its brands vans this year, so far the mid size vans from Vauxhall, Citroën, Peugeot and Opel have had full electric versions launched and now the attention is being moved to the larger panel vans, with new models from most of the brands and the latest is one from Fiat, with the e-Ducato. All of the vans are essentially the same, […]
Ford launched the new F-150 Lightning last week, and all new, all electric version of the best selling pickup in America. This new Pro version is aimed squarely at the commercial market, it’ll go on sale at the same time as the consumer version next year and Ford hasn’t added that much over the consumer version. The only big difference is the software, Ford has actually integrated its own commercial telematics software […]
Earlier this month, Subaru shared some images of its upcoming new SUV, which will be the company’s first all electric car and it’ll sit on a shared platform designed specifically for EVs. The platform is being developed in partnership with Toyota and both companies will use it for their next BEV models. Subaru hasn’t shared any details at all, only the rendering in the image above and the name. Subaru […]
Despite going up for pre-order around 48 hours ago, Ford has already had more than 44,500 pre-orders for the new all electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck, with each customer needing to put down $100. The truck comes in at $39,974 (£28,200), has 563bhp, will do between 230 and 300 miles on a charge and can even power your house during an outage. More than 44,500 reservations in less than 48 […]
This week, Ford revealed the anticipated all electric version of the F-150 pickup truck with the new F-150 Lightning. When it goes ons ale next year, it will take on the yet to be released Cybertruck from Tesla. Ford revealed the name for its all electric F-150 last week, taking the name Lightning from an old performance F-150 from the 90s. However, in this incarnation its in reference to the […]
Vauxhall has launched a new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle version of the Vivaro panel van, which will have 249 miles of range with affect on the load capacity of the van, which is the same as the all electric Vivaro-e and combustion based cars. Parent company Stellantis announced its hydrogen plans in April this year. Hydrogen availability in the UK isn’t at a very high availability at the moment, […]
Citroën has put the new all electric e-Berlingo on sale this week, starting at £29,575 in the UK. Being under £35,000, this price does include the government £2,500 grant. The e-Berlingo is sharing the same electric drivetrain as the e-Dispatch, the all electric commercial vehicle Citroën offers, but this is primarily designed as a passenger vehicle with a rear bench seat. Citroën is offering two trim levels, Feel and Flair […]
Mini has confirmed that it will be launching an all new electric convertible version of the Mini this decade, specifically in 2025. Currently the company only offers the Mini in electric form on one model, the three door hatchback so it is good that the drivetrain will make it to more models. It is likely that the Mini E Convertible will share the same drivetrain and battery set up from […]
Hyundai announced the brand new Ioniq 5 EV recently, it sits under the Ioniq sub brand within Hyundai which sounds confusing as the Ioniq named is already used for other models. The Ioniq 5 is an all new crossover / saloon car with a 58kWh battery, rear wheel drive and 240 miles of range and prices will be from £36,995 in the UK, with it going on sale later this […]
Last week, Volkswagen added a new entry level trim of the ID.4, called ‘City Pure’ and the big thing is that this model is in the right price bracket to qualify for the latest reduced version of the government grant for EVs. Coming at just under the £35,000 limit, the ID.4 City Pure is £34,650. This new less expensive model has a 148bhp motor, a 52kWh battery and 213 miles […]
